Aya Tanimura is an Australian-Japanese writer and director, based in

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Career

Short films

Her directorial credits include ''Mobius'' (2011), ''U-2074'' (2010), and ''Mrs. Kim'', (2010) which was a finalist in

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's Get L.A. short film competition. Also produced in 2010, Tanimura's film ''Sweet-As'' won the People's Choice award and was a finalist for

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's '100% Pure New Zealand Presents Your Big Break' short film competition. In 2013, Tanimura produced ''Kill of the Night'' under Visual Communications' Armed With a Camera fellowship which premiered at the

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and later screened at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival.

Music videos

In 2013, Tanimura directed lyric videos for

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". In 2014, she directed Perry's lyric video for "

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" which was one of the 2014 MTV VMA nominees for "Best Lyric Video." In 2016 she directed

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's music video for "

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". In 2017, she directed Perry's lyric video for "

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". In 2021, she directed

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's music video for the ''

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References

External links

* , her official website *
Aya Tanimura's Vimeo profile
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Career

Short films

Music videos

See also

References

External links